English Original
Napoleon Was Ill
Jack went to university to study history. At the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his examinations, and he was told he would have to leave.
His father decided to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.
"He's a good boy," said Jack's father. "If you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll improve a lot next year and pass the examinations very well."
"No, no, that's quite impossible," replied the professor immediately. "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, and he didn't know!"
"Please, sir, give him another chance," said Jack's father. "You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspaper in our house, so none of us even knew that Napoleon was ill."
中文翻译
拿破仑病了
杰克去大学学习历史。第一学年结束时，他的历史教授让他考试不及格，并被告知必须退学。
他的父亲决定去见教授，强烈要求让杰克在下一年继续学业。
“他是个好孩子，”杰克的父亲说。“如果您这次让他及格，我相信他明年会有很大进步，并且能顺利通过考试。”
“不，不，那不可能，”教授立刻回答道。“你知道吗？上个月我问他拿破仑什么时候去世的，他居然不知道！”
“先生，请再给他一次机会吧，”杰克的父亲说。“您看，恐怕是因为我们家没有订报纸，所以我们家甚至没人知道拿破仑病了。”